In the morning, we left the hotel with a two-level-high statue of Lee Bai, heading to Lee Bai's memorial hall.
Our tour group in front of Li Bai Memorial Hall
Placename by Deng Xiaoping
Ancient building standard: three main doors aligned in a straight line
Miniature of Zhijingcheng
Typical roof of old building.
I took this photo and I like it very much.
Unique architecture which was built using insect-repelled NanMu.
This whole architecture had survived three major earthquakes - 1610, 1660 and 1976.
It is believed that the NanMu is flexible and able to move along with the earthquake movement, therefore, the building would not collapse.
Contrast between a harvested field and a waiting to be harvested field.
Enjoying the breeze and view after my toilet session.
The road condition.
Hydro power plant.
Bridges.
Felt adventurous on the bumpy route.
Bus was moving really slow and gave me the chance to take photo of this pinky pig.
Hill was getting more rocky and assorted of coniferous trees could be seen.
Toilets are locals' properties to earn quick bucks.
If I tell you that it was not dangerous at all, I must be pulling your leg.
A stop at the roadside village.
Many more villages are hidden deep in this mysterious forest.
A Tibetan kid was helping to sell their bison handicrafts and Tian Zhu.
A very well-decorated hotel room, which I spent two nights.
Campfire dancing and singing are the Tibetan night time hobbies.
And, I found this trapped inside a Tibetan restaurant by the riverside.
My excitement was because I had the same big pig from Percy during my birthday in September.
Jimmy named it "Spider Pig", after watching The Simpsons movie.
Tibetan-styled supper by the riverside. Wonderful experience.
Li Bai's Memorial Hall
Li Bai was a famous chinese poet, who always composed his emotions in intensive and fantastic poems spontaneously after drinking liquor. His quick inspiration in writing left no trace of obscure vocabularies in his poems. Most of his poems were recording hardships or emotions of life, which always earned concession among the people. Therefore, his poems are easily interpreted and loved by commoners.
Li Bai moved to Jiangyou when he was 5 years old and he stayed at Jiangyou for 24 years during Tang dynasty. He then traveled extensively in the eastern and central regions. He toured as far as the present day Kirghiizstan. His talent was greatly appreciated throughout his life. However, at the later phase of his life, he was rumored involving in rebellion act against the government and exiled. Li Bai was found drown attempting to embrace the moon's reflection in a river at An Hui. In reality, Li Bai committed suicide as evidenced by his farewell poem.
Li Bai moved to Jiangyou when he was 5 years old and he stayed at Jiangyou for 24 years during Tang dynasty. He then traveled extensively in the eastern and central regions. He toured as far as the present day Kirghiizstan. His talent was greatly appreciated throughout his life. However, at the later phase of his life, he was rumored involving in rebellion act against the government and exiled. Li Bai was found drown attempting to embrace the moon's reflection in a river at An Hui. In reality, Li Bai committed suicide as evidenced by his farewell poem.
Our tour group in front of Li Bai Memorial Hall
Placename by Deng Xiaoping
BaoEnSi
BaoEnSi is located Pingwu, which is an isolated place in the highland with not much urbanization. We reached here after traveling around 5 hours. Initially, BaoEnSi was built using the materials that were allowed in palace to assemble the ZhiJingCheng in Beijing by a retired Ming dynasty minister, so, he could become the local king for Pingwu. However, the retired minister's plot was known and reported to the king by other ministers. In response to that, the king sent officials to arrest him at Pingwu. The retired minister found out about king's order, so, he quickly renovated the place to become a temple that reminiscing the king. Only then, this meticulous building had turned into a temple.
Ancient building standard: three main doors aligned in a straight line
Miniature of Zhijingcheng
Typical roof of old building.
I took this photo and I like it very much.
Unique architecture which was built using insect-repelled NanMu.
This whole architecture had survived three major earthquakes - 1610, 1660 and 1976.
It is believed that the NanMu is flexible and able to move along with the earthquake movement, therefore, the building would not collapse.
The journey to JiuZhaiGou
Scenery along the road kept changing as we were moving to higher altitude. At the beginning, we would able to see wide river rushing fiercely, slowly, it became stream stroking the stones in gentle. Besides the water gesture, the trees laid on the hill changing from tall trees to little coniferous trees.
Washrooms were sacred along the narrow road to JiuZhaiGou. So, the locals along the road built simple washroom facilities for tourists with the charge of 1RMB per entry. Usually, there would be a few cubes with no doors and no toilet bowls, but a straight drain passing through the cubes. It was smelly and dark inside. By then, I realized I forgot to bring an important weapon - FengYou in this trip.
Washrooms were sacred along the narrow road to JiuZhaiGou. So, the locals along the road built simple washroom facilities for tourists with the charge of 1RMB per entry. Usually, there would be a few cubes with no doors and no toilet bowls, but a straight drain passing through the cubes. It was smelly and dark inside. By then, I realized I forgot to bring an important weapon - FengYou in this trip.
Contrast between a harvested field and a waiting to be harvested field.
Enjoying the breeze and view after my toilet session.
The road condition.
Hydro power plant.
Bridges.
Felt adventurous on the bumpy route.
Bus was moving really slow and gave me the chance to take photo of this pinky pig.
Hill was getting more rocky and assorted of coniferous trees could be seen.
Toilets are locals' properties to earn quick bucks.
If I tell you that it was not dangerous at all, I must be pulling your leg.
A stop at the roadside village.
Many more villages are hidden deep in this mysterious forest.
A Tibetan kid was helping to sell their bison handicrafts and Tian Zhu.
Finally, JiuZhaiGou
By the time we reached here, it was getting dark. So, I could not really see much. I could only observe that our hotel was surrounded by hills and a flowing river. Some random photos during my night time activities.
A very well-decorated hotel room, which I spent two nights.
Campfire dancing and singing are the Tibetan night time hobbies.
And, I found this trapped inside a Tibetan restaurant by the riverside.
My excitement was because I had the same big pig from Percy during my birthday in September.
Jimmy named it "Spider Pig", after watching The Simpsons movie.
Tibetan-styled supper by the riverside. Wonderful experience.
[I had at least spent 8 hours in doing this post； from filtering the photo to uploading it, from picking a few photo to assist in my story telling to actually write down to log. I am exhausted. The following 2 days of log are the highlight of the tour. I wonder how long I am going to spend.]